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Asparagus flagellaris

Botanic Family

Asparagaceae

Author

(Kunth) Baker

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea Bissau
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Mali
• Malawi
• Mauritania
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• semi-decidous & coastal forest
• woodland
• riverside .

Flowering Times

• Apr
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Apr
• Nov

Spiny twiner or erect undershrub with woody glabrous or pubescent stems, arching branches. Curved tan spines on leaves, leaves with woody spur, cladodes to 6-30mm long, shrubby. Pale yellow solitary or paired axillary fragrant flowers to 2mm long. Green fruit turning yellow to orange.

Further References

• Mobot
• FCP
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew
• FWTA